Numinor slash!
Blame this blog entry on Ivan, who foolishly asked whether I found much slash in the Ulysses 31 episode 'Mutiny on Board', on the grounds that it was one of the - ooooh, maybe three episodes in the whole series where Numinor actually wakes up. Personally, I feel quite certain I can find slash even when Numinor is asleep but other people may feel that is cheating. Not to mention faintly disturbing.
So! The slash fangirl's guide to The Scene Where Ulysses And Numinor Actually Get To Be On Screen together.
Exhibit 1: Subject Numinor's sleepy disorientation. On first being woken from his Evil Trance (TM) (all the dead crew on the ship have been put into this random trance which makes them do evil stuff like hijack the ship, just accept this) by the l33t psychic powers of his little sister, Numinor does not, as might seem normal, greet the little sister who is a) standing right in front of him, b) responsible for his current mental health, and c) the person he specifically asked to visit him when 'dead'. Nope. His first action is to greet Ulysses in tones that sound suspiciously suitable for another, rather slashier, context. No, Numinor dear, that tone of wonder and adoration is not *quite* the norm for addressing the ship's captain whom you have only met twice. The question is, what does Numinor usually dream of when in his dead/sleeping state that his standard response on waking up is 'ohhh, Ulysses'?
Exhibit 2: On relapsing into Evil Trance (TM) and *again* being woken from it by his sister, Subject Numinor *again* decides to talk to Ulysses first, and in terms that my brain really, really wants to misinterpret. Suuuure, Numinor, the *gods* are making you...play with that sword. Um.
Exhibit 3: On Subject Numinor displaying symptoms of confusion and a headache, Subject Ulysses first displays concern and then random shoulder grabbing. I'm sure Numinor appreciates the comfort, dear, though I'm not sure what you're going to be doing for the poor boy's mental equilibrium.
And all that in just one scene! Tsk, they said it couldn't be done.
Damn, I really need to get to work on that Ulysses 31 parody badfic I have floating in my head...I *love* mocking this show :D :D :D
Comments
*nearly unconscious laughing* WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME WHEN I'VE ONLY JUST WOKEN UP?
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Posted by: Tasha | August 4, 2004 10:07 AM
I'm not sure I'm capable of slashing anyone with a beard that size, but the sound clips made me laugh. ^_^
Posted by: Helen | August 4, 2004 09:02 PM
Dude, the beard is the source of his POWER! None of the other good guys have a weird beard, and look what happened to them. They're all DEAD, that's what! You deprive him of his beard and he'd lose all power, like Sampson. That's why only the gods can get the better of him, because they have even stronger beard-powers than him.
It never ceases to amuse me that evidently the late-70s idea of a biseinen looked like an escapee from ABBA.
Posted by: Calliope | August 4, 2004 10:54 PM
*is currently to be found half under her kitchen table making hysterical gasping noises over the sword mp3*
Posted by: Lizzu | August 5, 2004 05:13 PM